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Sarah Padden was a theatre and film character actress. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. She is noted for her expressive voice and for her psychological studies of the characters she portrayed. Her finest single-act performance was in The Clod, a stage production in which she played an uneducated woman who lived on a farm during the American Civil War.
Birth Name
Sarah Ann Padden
Born
Sunday, 16 October 1881
Died
Monday, 04 December 1967
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Girl with an Itch | Cookie | 1958 |
| No Time for Sergeants | Sgt. King's Mother | 1958 |
| Screaming Mimi | Thelma / Landlady | 1958 |
| The Gray Ghost | Abigail | 1957 |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks | Miz Tinware / Mrs. Tinware | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Grandmother / Sarah Sanderson | 1955 |
| Prince of Players | Mary Todd Lincoln | 1955 |
| The Whistler | Amanda | 1954 |
| Duffy's Tavern | Mrs. Magruder | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Eula Mae Carter | 1954 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Girl with an Itch | Cookie | 1958 |
| No Time for Sergeants | Sgt. King's Mother | 1958 |
| Screaming Mimi | Thelma / Landlady | 1958 |
| The Gray Ghost | Abigail | 1957 |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks | Miz Tinware / Mrs. Tinware | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Grandmother / Sarah Sanderson | 1955 |
| Prince of Players | Mary Todd Lincoln | 1955 |
| The Whistler | Amanda | 1954 |
| Duffy's Tavern | Mrs. Magruder | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Eula Mae Carter | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Frau Lang | 1953 |
| The Life of Riley | Martha Riley / Ma Riley | 1953 |
| The Abbott and Costello Show | Old Lady on Street | 1952 |
| Mr. & Mrs. North | Mrs. Sherwood | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Mrs. Carmody | 1952 |
| Big Jim McLain | Mrs. Lexiter | 1952 |
| She's Working Her Way Through College | Wardrobe Woman at Burlesque Theatre | 1952 |
| The Black Lash | Mrs. Owens | 1952 |
| The Roy Rogers Show | Grandma Abigail Conley / Martha Crosswick / Sarah Keith | 1951 |
| Utah Wagon Train | Sarah Wendover | 1951 |
| The Range Rider | Maw Manning | 1951 |
| Oh! Susanna | Mrs. Ledbetter | 1951 |
| The Missourians | Mother Kovacs | 1950 |
| Again... Pioneers | Ma Ashby | 1950 |
| A Life of Her Own | Overseer | 1950 |
| Gunslingers | Rawhide Rosie Rawlins | 1950 |
| House by the River | Mrs. Beach / Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Sara, Murdock's Housekeeper / Mrs. Smiley | 1950 |
| The Doctor and the Girl | Miss Newton | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Grandma Williams | 1949 |
| Range Justice | Ma Curtis | 1949 |
| Homicide | Mrs. Webb | 1949 |
| Frontier Revenge | Widow Owens | 1948 |
| The Dude Goes West | Mrs. Hallahan / Mrs. Hallihan | 1948 |
| The Return of the Whistler | Mrs. Hulskamp | 1948 |
| Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad | Mom Palooka | 1948 |
| Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Mom Palooka | 1947 |
| Possessed | Mrs. Norris - Caretaker's Wife | 1947 |
| The Millerson Case | Emma Millerson | 1947 |
| Love and Learn | Mrs. Grant | 1947 |
| Ramrod | Mrs. Parks | 1947 |
| Trail Street | Mrs. Ferguson | 1947 |
| That Brennan Girl | Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady | 1946 |
| My Dog Shep | Aunt Carrie Hodgkins / Carrie Hodgkins | 1946 |
| Wild West | Carrie Bannister | 1946 |
| Gentleman Joe Palooka | Mom Palooka | 1946 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Agatha | 1946 |
| Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Mrs. Murphy | 1946 |
| Joe Palooka, Champ | Mom Palooka | 1946 |
| So Goes My Love | Bridget | 1946 |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | Mrs. Marie Edgedaw | 1946 |
| Idea Girl | Old lady #1 | 1946 |
| Dakota | Mrs. Plummer | 1945 |
| Song of Old Wyoming | Ma Conway | 1945 |
| Marshal of Laredo | Mrs. Randall | 1945 |
| Apology for Murder | Maggie - the Janitress / Maggie | 1945 |
| Wildfire | Aunt Agatha | 1945 |
| The Unseen | Alberta | 1945 |
| Honeymoon Ahead | Mrs. Halett | 1945 |
| The Master Key | Aggie | 1945 |
| It's in the Bag! | Woman in Elevator | 1945 |
| Identity Unknown | Mrs. Anderson | 1945 |
| Three Is a Family | Middle-Aged Woman | 1944 |
| Ghost Guns | Aunt Sally | 1944 |
| Girl Rush | Mrs. Emma Mason | 1944 |
| San Diego I Love You | Mrs. Gulliver | 1944 |
| Casanova Brown | Mrs. Smith | 1944 |
| Trail to Gunsight | Grandma Wagner | 1944 |
| Summer Storm | Beggar Woman | 1944 |
| Range Law | Boots Annie | 1944 |
| This Is the Life | Sarah | 1944 |
| The Navy Way | Mrs. Margaret Gimble | 1944 |
| Jack London | Cannery Woman | 1943 |
| The North Star | Old Lady | 1943 |
| Hostages | Old Woman | 1943 |
| So This Is Washington | Aunt Charity Speers | 1943 |
| Hangmen Also Die! | Mrs. Georgia Dvorak | 1943 |
| Assignment in Brittany | Albertine | 1943 |
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Neighbor | 1942 |
| Law and Order | Aunt Mary Todd / Mary Todd | 1942 |
| Riders of the West | Ma Turner | 1942 |
| The Pride of the Yankees | Mrs. Roberts | 1942 |
| Lady in a Jam | Miner's Wife | 1942 |
| The Mad Monster | Grandmother | 1942 |
| This Gun for Hire | Mrs. Mason | 1942 |
| Heart of the Rio Grande | Skipper Forbes / 'Skipper' Forbes | 1942 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Mrs. Kimball | 1942 |
| Private Snuffy Smith | Lowizie Smith | 1942 |
| The Power of God | Esther Worne | 1942 |
| The Corsican Brothers | Nurse | 1941 |
| It Started with Eve | Jenny - Coat Check | 1941 |
| Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | The Nun | 1941 |
| Reg'lar Fellers | Hetty Carter | 1941 |
| Murder by Invitation | Cassandra 'Cassie' Denham / Cassandra Hildegard Denham | 1941 |
| Tight Shoes | Mrs. Rupert | 1941 |
| A Woman's Face | Police Matron | 1941 |
| City of Missing Girls | Mrs. Randolph | 1941 |
| The Man Who Lost Himself | Maid | 1941 |
| In Old Colorado | Ma Woods / Ma Harriet Woods | 1941 |
| Chad Hanna | Mrs. Tridd / Mrs. Todd | 1940 |
| Lone Star Raiders | Lydia 'Granny' Phelps | 1940 |
| Street of Memories | Mother | 1940 |
| Son of the Navy | Mrs. Baker - Landlady | 1940 |
| Forgotten Girls | Miss Donaldson | 1940 |
| Angels Wash Their Faces | Mrs. Smith | 1939 |
| I Stole a Million | Lady in Post Office | 1939 |
| Should a Girl Marry? | Mrs. Wilson | 1939 |
| The Zero Hour | Sister Theodosia | 1939 |
| Sons of Liberty | Widow in Temple | 1939 |
| Man of Conquest | Houston's Mother | 1939 |
| Let Freedom Ring | 'Ma' Logan | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Woman Wanting Needle Threaded | 1939 |
| Off the Record | Mrs. Fallon | 1939 |
| Little Orphan Annie | Mrs. Nora Moriarty | 1938 |
| Little Tough Guys in Society | Victim | 1938 |
| Rich Man, Poor Girl | Ma | 1938 |
| Woman Against Woman | Dora | 1938 |
| Romance of the Limberlost | Sarah | 1938 |
| Three Comrades | Frau Schultz | 1938 |
| Women in Prison | Martha Wilson | 1938 |
| Exiled to Shanghai | Aunt Jane | 1937 |
| Youth on Parole | Mrs. Blair | 1937 |
| Anna Karenina | Governess | 1935 |
| Mad Love | Mother of Lame Girl / Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited) | 1935 |
| Stranded | Workman's Wife | 1935 |
| The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Sarah | 1935 |
| A Dog of Flanders | Frau Keller | 1935 |
| The Defense Rests | Mrs. Evans | 1934 |
| Tomorrow's Children | Mrs. Mason | 1934 |
| He Was Her Man | Mrs. Gardella | 1934 |
| Little Man, What Now? | Widow Scharrenhofer | 1934 |
| Marrying Widows | 1934 | |
| All Men Are Enemies | Proprietress | 1934 |
| Men in White | Mrs Rose Smith | 1934 |
| David Harum | Widow Cullon | 1934 |
| As the Earth Turns | Mrs. Janowski | 1934 |
| Man of Two Worlds | Olago | 1934 |
| The Sin of Nora Moran | Mrs. Watts / Mrs. Watts - Prison Matron | 1933 |
| The Power and the Glory | Henry's Wife | 1933 |
| The Wolf Dog | Mrs. Stevens | 1933 |
| Ann Vickers | Lil | 1933 |
| Doctor Bull | Mary the Canning Cook | 1933 |
| The Important Witness | Deaf Woman | 1933 |
| Pilgrimage | Mother of Soldier Missing in Action | 1933 |
| The White Sister | Nun in Charge of Novitiates | 1933 |
| Face in the Sky | Ma Brown | 1933 |
| Women Won't Tell | Aggie Specks | 1933 |
| Rasputin and the Empress | Duna - Landlady | 1932 |
| Tess of the Storm Country | Old Martha | 1932 |
| Wild Girl | Lize | 1932 |
| Kongo | Nun in Convent School | 1932 |
| Two Against the World | Mrs. Polansky | 1932 |
| Blondie of the Follies | Ma McClune | 1932 |
| The Washington Masquerade | Pardoned Boy's Mother | 1932 |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mrs. Cobb / Mrs Cobb | 1932 |
| Red-Headed Woman | Mary - Legendre Maid | 1932 |
| Grand Hotel | Chambermaid in Room 174 | 1932 |
| The Midnight Lady | Nita St. George | 1932 |
| Young America | Mrs. Mary Taylor | 1932 |
| Cross-Examination | Mary Stevens | 1932 |
| Mata Hari | Nursing Sister Teresa | 1931 |
| The Yellow Ticket | Mother Kalish | 1931 |
| Bad Girl | Mrs. Gardner | 1931 |
| The Great Meadow | Mistress Molly Hall | 1931 |
| Today | Emma Warner | 1930 |
| Billy the Kid | Homesteader Mrs. Foster | 1930 |
| Our Blushing Brides | 1930 | |
| The Sophomore | Mrs. Collins | 1929 |
| Wonder of Women | Anna | 1929 |
| Companionate Marriage | Mrs. Williams | 1928 |
| The Woman Who Did Not Care | Mrs. Carroll | 1927 |
| Heroes of the Night | Mrs. Riley | 1927 |
| Obey the Law | The Mother | 1926 |
